The History of Premier League Last-Minute Winners

This season has seen a better proportion of matches received by way of last-minute targets than ever earlier than within the Premier League. With that in thoughts, it’s a perfect time to look over the historical past of late winners within the competitors.

Harry Wilson was the hero for Fulham on Monday, as his two added-time targets sealed a sensational 2-1 comeback victory in opposition to Brentford at Craven Cottage.

The second of his two targets ended up being the winner, with that the eighth Premier League recreation already this season to be received by a aim scored within the Ninetieth minute or later. With 100 video games now performed in 2024-25, that signifies that 8% of matches have seen a recreation received by a aim scored within the Ninetieth minute or later – the very best proportion in any Premier League season.

Timed at 96:47, it was removed from the newest profitable aim in recorded Premier League historical past, nevertheless. Since Opta has precise aim occasions within the competitors (from 2006-07 onwards), Wilson’s winner was the 14th newest and nonetheless practically 4 minutes sooner than the file.

That file is held by Cole Palmer, who scored a profitable aim for Chelsea in opposition to Manchester United at Stamford Bridge timed at 100:41 on 4 April 2024, in a match that ended 4-3 to the Blues.

Newest Premier League Match-Successful Objectives (Since 2006-07)

100:41 – Cole Palmer for Chelsea vs Manchester United on 4 April 202499:53 – Dejan Kulusevski for Tottenham vs Sheffield United on 16 September 202399:45 – Bruno Fernandes for Manchester United vs Brighton on 26 September 202099:17 – Oliver Norwood for Sheffield United vs Wolves on 4 November 202398:37 – Darwin Núñez for Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest on 2 March 2024

Which Workforce Have Scored the Most Final-Minute Winners in Premier League Historical past?

Liverpool have received extra Premier League video games by way of last-minute targets than every other aspect within the historical past of the competitors (44), however none have come since Arne Slot took over on the membership.

The final recreation received by Liverpool by way of a last-minute aim was at Nottingham Forest on 2 March, with Darwin Núñez’s 99th-minute strike giving them a 2-1 win on the Metropolis Floor. That was one in every of three video games received with last-minute targets by Liverpool within the Premier League in 2023-24, all coming away from residence (at Newcastle, Crystal Palace and Forest).

Arsenal have received 33 video games by way of Ninetieth-minute targets, together with one this season after they defeated Leicester Metropolis on the Emirates Stadium courtesy of Wilfred Ndidi’s personal aim. Three of their final seven last-minute winners have arrived by way of personal targets, whereas they’ve now received practically twice as many video games on the Emirates Stadium with Ninetieth-minute targets (13) than they did at Highbury (7) within the competitors.

Which Workforce Have Conceded the Most Final-Minute Winners in Premier League Historical past?

It’s Tottenham Hotspur (27) who’ve misplaced extra Premier League video games to last-minute winners than every other staff throughout the historical past of the competitors.

The latest of these got here in 2023-24 at Wolves, when Mario Lemina’s 97th-minute strike sealed all three factors in opposition to Spurs with a 2-1 win at Molineux. That’s the solely last-minute defeat Ange Postecoglou has suffered in 48 video games as a Premier League supervisor, nevertheless, whereas Spurs have performed 36 video games below the Australian since with out struggling such a destiny.

Aston Villa have misplaced the subsequent most on this method, however solely a kind of has come below the administration of Unai Emery throughout his 73-game tenure within the competitors. That defeat got here at residence to Arsenal on 18 February 2023, partly because of an personal aim by goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez. That turned out to be the match-deciding aim, although Gabriel Martinelli added one other in a 4-2 win at Villa Park.

The Most Premier League Final-Minute Winners by Gamers

Six completely different gamers have scored as many as 4 last-minute winners in Premier League historical past, however simply a kind of is at present taking part in within the competitors: Marcus Rashford.

Winners versus Hull Metropolis (August 2016), Bournemouth (November 2018), Wolves (December 2020) and West Ham (January 2022) imply that with yet another Ninetieth-minute profitable aim, Rashford might go outright high in Premier League historical past amongst all gamers.

He at present shares the lead with 5 others: Steven Gerrard, Ian Wright, Christian Benteke, Papiss Cissé and Sadio Mané. All-time main Premier League scorer Alan Shearer netted three profitable targets within the Ninetieth minute or later, as did Thierry Henry, Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler, Harry Kane and Robin van Persie.

Ben Foster was on the receiving finish of probably the most Ninetieth-minute profitable targets in Premier League historical past, conceding 13 general. That’s yet another than Lukasz Fabianski, David James and Joe Hart (all 12), and two greater than Brad Friedel (11).

Which Stadiums Have Seen the Most Final-Minute Winners in Premier League Historical past?

No Premier League stadium has witnessed extra Ninetieth-minute winners than Anfield. Of the 28 scored at Liverpool’s iconic stadium, 22 have been scored by the Reds. The final visiting participant to attain a Ninetieth-minute profitable aim at Anfield within the Premier League was Van Persie for Arsenal on 3 March 2012, which handed the Gunners a 2-1 victory on Merseyside.

It’s the opposite stadium on Merseyside that’s witnessed the subsequent most, with Everton’s Goodison Park seeing 25 last-minute winners in Premier League historical past – 11 by the opposition and 14 within the Toffees’ favour. Liverpool have scored three of those, because of targets from Gary McAllister (April 2001), Dirk Kuyt (October 2007) and Mané (December 2016), whereas one in every of them got here this season, as Luis Sinisterra accomplished an unbelievable comeback for Bournemouth on 31 August.

A truth that’s unlikely to alter any time quickly is that Christian Eriksen is the one participant to attain a last-minute winner within the Premier League at Wembley Stadium (for Spurs vs Burnley on 15 December 2018). One to recollect for quizzes.

Was it Actually ‘Fergie Time’?

Properly, technically we must be labelling it ‘Moyesy Time.’

David Moyes has been in control of 34 Premier League matches which have been determined by a aim within the Ninetieth minute or later. Twenty-one of these have been in his favour, with the win for his West Ham aspect at Everton on Saturday 2 March equalling Arsène Wenger’s all-time file within the competitors.

Roy Hodgson (13) is the one supervisor to have misplaced as many Premier League video games by way of last-minute winners as Moyes (13), however with the oldest supervisor within the competitors’s historical past having left Crystal Palace in February 2024, it appears unlikely he’ll endure any extra.

Alex Ferguson received 16 Premier League matches as Manchester United boss by way of targets scored within the Ninetieth minute or later. He misplaced 114 video games general within the Premier League, however simply a kind of got here by way of a Ninetieth-minute aim – Henry’s strike on the Emirates Stadium for Arsenal in 2007.

After a 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest on 2 March 2024, Jürgen Klopp noticed his Liverpool aspect attain 18 matches received with last-minute targets – probably the most within the competitors since his arrival on the Reds in October 2015. As talked about, his alternative, Slot, remains to be to really feel the ecstasy of profitable a Premier League recreation with a last-minute aim.

Different Quirky Details Round Final-Minute Premier League Winners

Manchester United by no means misplaced a Premier League recreation at Outdated Trafford by way of a last-minute winner below Alex Ferguson (405 video games). Within the 214 residence video games below 9 completely different managers since, they’ve misplaced twice on this method: versus Crystal Palace in August 2019 (Patrick van Aanholt) and in opposition to Fulham in February 2024 (Alex Iwobi).

The primary ever last-minute winner in Premier League historical past was scored by Andy Turner for Tottenham at residence to Everton on 5 September 1992. He’s nonetheless the youngest participant to attain a last-minute winner within the Premier League, at 17 years, 166 days previous.

Ryan Giggs is the oldest participant to attain a Ninetieth-minute winner within the Premier League, because of his aim for Man Utd at Norwich Metropolis in February 2012 (38 years, 89 days previous).

There have been 16 personal targets scored to win Premier League matches within the last-minute throughout historical past – 5 have been in Arsenal’s favour (31%).

None of Bradford Metropolis’s 76 video games within the Premier League noticed a match-winning aim (both for or in opposition to) scored within the Ninetieth-minute or later.

Wimbledon performed 316 video games within the Premier League, however by no means suffered a last-minute defeat.

9.7% of Brentford’s Premier League matches have seen a profitable aim scored within the Ninetieth-minute or later (7 winners, 5 losers in 124 video games), which is a better proportion than every other aspect within the competitors’s historical past.

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